Psychology Teaching Resources: A-Level and GCSE all boards
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Digital teaching resources for Psychology, all the major examination boards: AQA, OCR and EDEXCEL (A-Level and GCSE). Message me if you wish to purchase with a school invoice, it can be arranged (amac54@btinternet.com)
Digital teaching resources for Psychology, all the major examination boards: AQA, OCR and EDEXCEL (A-Level and GCSE). Message me if you wish to purchase with a school invoice, it can be arranged (amac54@btinternet.com)
Psychology OCR GCSE (9-1): Social Influence
Paper #2 Applications in Psychology
Covers the specification, including:
• Conformity and majority / minority influence.
• Collective and crowd behaviour
• Obedience including obeying the orders of authority figures.
• The effect of situational factors on behaviours:
• Collective and crowd behaviour and deindividuation
• Culture on behaviour
• Authority figures on obedience
• Situational factors, including the free will/determinism debate.
• The effect of dispositional factors (personality) on behaviours:
• Self-esteem on conformity
• locus of control in crowds and morality on pro-social and anti-social behaviour
• Authoritarian personality on obedience
• Influence of the brain in dispositional factors
• Criticisms of the effect of dispositional factors
APPLICATION
• How minority influence and Majority influence affects social change in attitudes and behaviour towards, increasing awareness of, and reducing mental health stigma and discrimination.
BOTH KEY STUDIES:
Situational Factors Research Study - Bickman (1974)
Dispositional Factors Research Study - NatCen (2011)
Consists of a PPT display (140 slides) giving clear and full coverage of the module.
The presentation has teaching comments where suitable, links to online resources (only for educational use), exam style questions to encourage thinking and a photocopy friendly resources booklet.
The slides are designed to be extra to the textbook. When answering the questions students should use their textbook and supplied resources as well.
Complete coverage of the whole module, just ‘pick up and go’… suitable for both new and experienced teachers
Copying this resource for sharing or personal profit, is against copyright.
CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK IS REALLY APPRECIATED, SO I CAN AMEND AND IMPROVE…. Thanks
The experienced author:
Andy McCarthy CPsychol is a Chartered Psychologist, experienced teacher, lecturer and publisher.
Psychology Icebreaker (suitable for all exam boards and all levels)
Don’t be fooled by the price, this is a quality resource. You get 21 sides packed with class rules, fun, brain information and a bit of magic!!!
The slides are designed to suit all, so you may want to add some examination board specific information.
Suitable for entry to GCSE Psychology or progression to A-Level Psychology
I have pitched it at a very low price, not because I am nice (I am), but to tempt you to look at my TES Shop…ok
Thank You for reading this and if you do decide to purchase, feedback is very useful, so I can amend and improve (you are automatically notified of updates).
I have over 20 years’ experience of teaching psychology and I hope you get as much enjoyment out of using this resource, as I had in producing it and using it!
The author, Andy McCarthy is a Chartered Psychologist, experienced teacher, lecturer and publisher.
Revision OCR A-Level Psychology: The four cognitive case studies
Paper 2
Psychological Themes Through Core Studies
Cognitive Psychology
Revision overviews of studies #5 to #8
#5. Loftus & Palmer
#6. Grant et al
#7. Moray
#8. Simons & Chabris
Consists of a PPT display (38 slides)
Complete coverage of the FOUR COGNITIVE, CORE STUDIES. In simple, clear and student friendly presentations. Hopefully demystifying some of the complex procedures and finding.
Just ‘pick up and go’… suitable for both new and experienced teachers
You are welcome to amend, expand or reduce the display to suit your needs.
I HAVE USED THIS RESOURCE IN THE CLASSROOM
Copying this resource for sharing or personal profit, is against copyright: amac-edu 2017
IF YOU PURCHASE THIS RESOURCE, FEEDBACK IS REALLY APPRECIATED AND HELPS ME TO AMEND AND IMPROVE, Thanks
The experienced author:
Andy McCarthy (amac education: Psychology) is a Chartered Psychologist, experienced teacher, lecturer and publisher.
OCR GCSE Psychology (9-1): Memory
Application in Psychology Paper #2**
Covers:
• What is Cognitive Psychology?
• What is Memory?
• Types of memory (LTM)
• The Multi-Store Model of Memory
• Theories of forgetting (STM & LTM)
• Theory of Reconstructive Memory
• Amnesia, Brain scanning and Neuropsychology
Covers all three key studies
• Weblinks to key studies / Exam style Q’s
Consists of a PPT display (75 slides) giving clear and full coverage of the module.
The presentation has teaching comments where suitable, links to online resources (only for educational use) and exam style questions to encourage thinking.
Complete coverage of memory, just ‘pick up and go’… suitable for both new and experienced teachers
You are welcome to amend, expand or reduce the display to suit your needs.
I HAVE USED THIS RESOURCE IN THE CLASSROOM
Copying this resource for sharing or personal profit, is against copyright.
IF YOU PURCHASE THIS RESOURCE, FEEDBACK IS REALLY APPRECIATED AND HELPS ME TO AMEND AND IMPROVE…. Thanks
The experienced author:
Andy McCarthy (amac education: Psychology) is a Chartered Psychologist, experienced teacher, lecturer and publisher.
Psychology AQA A-Level, 2023, Predictions for Paper 3 and info sheets issues debates
ONLY £2-50 FOR WHOLE PACK
Probably the best Paper 3 predictions in the world (predicted 100% correct for big q’s paper 1)
Pack includes:
Predictions for Paper 3
info on cultural bias
info on ideographic and nomothetic
info on holism and reductionism
info on ethics, including SSR
info on nature vs nurture
This bundle includes
1 x fully photo-copiable workbook (over 100 pages)
1 x PPT display (100 slides) to accompany as aid to teaching
The workbook progressively covers areas including:
o Basic mathematical skills
o Decimal / Standard form data
o Fractions / Percentages / Ratios
o Order of magnitude
o Range / Standard Deviation
o Measures of central tendency
o Graphs / Charts
o Algebra
o Probability / Significance
o Statistical tests
Each section includes: detailed explanations, rationales, worked examples, exercises and ‘self-check’ answers. At the end are a range of sample examination papers, covering a variety of potential mathematical questions; also ‘self-check’ answers
Overall, at least 10% of the marks in assessments for A-Level Psychology will require the use of mathematical skills.
These skills should be at least the standard of higher tier GCSE mathematics.
This unique and extensive workbook is designed for both experienced teachers, those new to teaching psychology and students of all abilities. It is fully updated to match the new 2015 specification (first examination: AS 2016 and Year 1 A-level 2017) and is suitable for ALL major Examination Boards.
Quite simply, all you need to gain confidence in your mathematical ability; as a teacher or student.
This product is both suitable to be ring-bound to create a student hard copy or printed-out in sections to create separate worksheets.
AQA A-Level Psychology: Year 1 and AS
All you need to present the RESEARCH METHODS MODULE
Included in this package:
Extensive workbook (108 pages) includes explanations, exercises, exam style questions and an MCQ (with answers)
3 separate PPT displays:
One to accompany the workbook (96 slides)
One covering the ‘Binomial Sign Test’… simple rationale, worked examples and exercises
One covering - 'Predicting from correlations'.... advanced evaluations and includes a worksheet exercise
• NB. Introduction to statistical testing: the sign test only appears in the AS specifications (It is covered in the Full A-Level in Year 2)
AS Paper 2 (Psychology in Context) Section C
A-Level Year 1, Paper 2 (Psychology in Context) Section C
Part of the: The ‘pick-up a module and go’ series
Extensive workbook covering every aspect of the specifications for both AS and Year 1 A-Level Psychology:
• Introduction to Research Methods
• Scientific Processes
• Data Handling and analysis
The workbook is crammed with information, self-learn exercises, examination style questions, class practical ideas and an MCQ (with answered supplied).
The main format is PDF (holds format better for printing. However, feel free to edit or amend the document to suit your needs)
The workbook can be used by students for self-learning or as a class teaching aid in conjunction with the PPT's
Also in the pipeline are versions tailored to suit all the specifications (OCR, EDEXCEL and EDUQAS)
The author, Andy McCarthy is a Chartered Psychologist, experienced teacher, lecturer and publisher
Psychology Sperry (1968) ‘Split Brain’ Research: “Made Simple”
Simple diagram, explanation and test your knowledge questions (answers supplied)
Presented in a simple, clear way to enable understanding
Constructive feedback always appreciated (especially do you agree with it!)
Do look at my other resources, some for all examination boards GCSE and A-Level Psychology (just starting Edexcel GCSE Psychology and AQA / OCR Psychology all modules available individually or in bundles)
Thank you and I hope this handout helps
Andy McCarthy CPsychol
